Mike Hutton, named the best sports columnist in the state by the Hoosier State Press Association in 2007, has worked at the Post-Tribune for 11 years. He covers Notre Dame football, Indiana basketball, local golf and high school sports.

November 2012 Archives

It was clearly the Davon Dillard show near the end of Bowman's 73-71 loss to Hamilton Southeastern Friday.

Dillard, a 6-4 sophomore guard, finished with 12 points in the loss. His most spectacular bucket came when he stole a pass with 22 seconds left and elevated above the rim while moving through the lane, dropping in a lay-up to tie the game.

Hamilton Southeastern Coach Brian Satterfield said that you could see that Dillard was "clearly the leader for the Eagles" near the end of the game. Dillard only played 17:53 and he didn't start after missing a morning practice.

Justin King, who scored 17 points, might have something to say about that.

The 6-4 Dillard has heard from just about every major school in the country. A Purdue assistant was at the game Friday, presumably watching Dillard.

Zak Irvin, Hamilton Southeastern's Mr. Basketball candidate, is coming to town next week.

Irvin will join Region players Mitch McGary (Chesterton), Spike Albrecht (Crown Point) and Glenn Robinson II (Lake Central) at Michigan next year. He is rated as the ninth best point guard in the country by Rivals.com.

Southeastern will play Bowman on Friday at Bowman at 7 p.m. in the Black Friday shoot-out. Gary 21st Century plays Hammond at 5 p.m. in the first game. Tickets are $10.

Former Lew Wallace girls basketball coach Omar Vasquez, who was fired last week, was actually recommended to be approved on one set of board minutes on October 9. Those minutes were made public.

The minutes were later revised and Vasquez's name was taken off the list of recommended hires. However, the new minutes were not listed as revised, which is what should've been done.

Vasquez has asked the Lew Wallace principal, athletic director and city athletic director Earl Smith for an explanation of why he was dismissed as coach.

They have not responded to his e-mails. He has a lawsuit pending against the school corporation for failing to follow the language in the contract for hiring coaches in the building that is part of the Gary Community School's agreement with the union.